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The British Insurance Industry Since 1900
A comprehensive chronicle of thetransformation of the intensely competitive British insurance industry in response to evolving economic, social, technological and political conditions. It analyzes the fast-changing shape of the distribution system, the role of the state and the shifting boundaries of insurability and risk transfer.
The Investment Behaviour of British Life Insurance Companies
Originally published in 1979, The Investment Behaviour of British Life Insurance Companies provides a critical analysis of the investment policy of the life insurance industry for the period of 1962-76, and attempts to construct an econometric model of the investment behaviour. It looks at the portfolio composition of life funds and their position in the markets for securities in terms of their gross purchases and sales and net acquisitions. It also considers the principles on which life offices appear to operate the principles on which life offices appear to operate in respect of investing their ‘reserves’ to meet future contingent liabilities. This book will appeal to those working in the field of economic and business.
Insuring the Industrial Revolution
Fire had always been one of the greatest threats to an early modern British society that relied on the naked flame as the prime source of heating, lighting and cooking. Yet whilst the danger of fire had always been taken seriously, it was not until the start of the eighteenth century that a sophisticated system of insurance became widely available. Whilst a number of high profile fires during the seventeenth century had drawn attention to the economic havoc a major conflagration could wreak, it was not until the effects of sustained industrialization began to alter the economic and social balance of the nation, that fire insurance really took off as a concept. The culmination of ten years of...
Voluntary Health Insurance in Europe: Country Experience
No two markets for voluntary health insurance (VHI) are identical. All differ in some way because they are heavily shaped by the nature and performance of publicly financed health systems and by the contexts in which they have evolved. This volume contains short structured profiles of markets for VHI in 34 countries in Europe. These are drawn from European Union member states plus Armenia Iceland Georgia Norway the Russian Federation Switzerland and Ukraine. The book is aimed at policy-makers and researchers interested in knowing more about how VHI works in practice in a wide range of contexts. Each profile written by one or more local experts identifies gaps in publicly-financed health coverage describes the role VHI plays outlines the way in which the market for VHI operates summarises public policy towards VHI including major developments over time and highlights national debates and challenges. The book is part of a study on VHI in Europe prepared jointly by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. A companion volume provides an analytical overview of VHI markets across the 34 countries.
Insurance: From Underwriting to Derivatives
Im Laufe der letzten 20 Jahre haben zahlreiche Naturkatastrophen (z.B. Erdbeben, Wirbelstürme, Überschwemmungen) und von Menschen verursachte Katastrophen (z.B. Umweltverschmutzungen, Computer-Sabotage) Versicherungs- und Rückversicherungsgesellschaften in eine äußerst prekäre Lage gebracht. Dieses topaktuelle Buch untersucht die einzigartige Annäherung zwischen der Versicherungsbranche und den Kapitalmärkten. Die Versicherung wird mittlerweile als aufstrebender Vermögenswert betrachtet, bei dem der Preis für das Versicherungsrisiko in den Märkten bestimmt und gehandelt wird. Zwei führende Finanzexperten beleuchten hier den Versicherungs- und Rückversicherungssektor und diskutieren kritische Fragen von Investmentbanken und Brokerfirmen. Darüber hinaus analysieren sie bestehende Trends und Probleme und untersuchen, wie der aktuelle Marktdruck auf Versicherungsunternehmen in der Tat zu vielversprechenden Entwicklungen in der Zukunft führen kann. Mit einer Fülle von Fallstudien.
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Regulated Lives
Regulated Lives explores the British life insurance industry's changing assessments of the values and risks of human life between 1800 and 1914.
Insurance in Britain
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Talking to Strangers
"I became a life insurance salesman in London in May 1969, for the glamour, the fast cars, the groupies... the beautiful women who'd stop at nothing to buy life insurance. It's a very well-kept secret." Thus begins Peter Rosengard's extraordinary account of his life so far, and the endless adventures in which he made, lost and remade a fortune; founded London's famous Comedy Store, discovered and managed some of the greats in stand-up comedy; turned an unknown boy band into a chart-topping sensation; and sold the world's biggest life insurance policy in history, for $100m, which is still celebrated by the Guinness Book of Records. This is a book about "chutzpah," testament to a simple belief that "nothing is impossible."
